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Blog · 20 February 2014

Web design that grows your business

Having a solid online presence has become one of the basic requirements for a business to succeed. Reaching a wider audience, one that routinely uses the internet to find suppliers and buy what interests them, is a central goal for anyone looking to grow.

Design tied to commercial goals

A web design project is not a decorating exercise. It covers online shops and web projects, search visibility and the marketing strategies that help meet the commercial objectives behind the site. The design decisions that matter are the ones that move those numbers.

What a project should include

  • Responsive layouts that adapt properly to phones and tablets, not as an afterthought but as the starting point.
  • Functional, attractive design that lets people find what they came for quickly.
  • Search visibility built in from the structure upwards, rather than bolted on once the site is live.
  • Brand and image worked on together with the client, so the site looks like the business rather than like a template.

The question worth asking a designer

Before anything else: what is this site supposed to make happen? Sell a product, generate enquiries, book appointments, build credibility before a sales call. A site built without a clear answer to that will look fine and achieve nothing measurable.

After launch

A website is not finished when it goes live. Watch which pages people land on, where they leave, and what they do before buying, then change the site accordingly. The sites that perform are the ones that kept being adjusted.

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